"Relative paths are not a mystery nor are they solely an aspect of linux. > They are in fact the norm in DOS and Windows as well as in Linux or > any other file system that use a "tree" structure."
Oh, is that all! I just never thought of that behaviour as 'relative paths' just as something that one had to take into account in DOS. I may take a look at R Studio but so far I have been comfortable with a text editor and either RGUI or a terminal. thanks John Kane Kingston ON Canada > -----Original Message----- > From: j...@surewest.net > Sent: Fri, 4 May 2012 18:35:31 -0700 > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Cannot read or write to file in Linux Ubuntu > > On Thu, 3 May 2012 10:50:46 -0800 > John Kane <jrkrid...@inbox.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Jeff and Sarah. >> >> I was thinking mainly of using the base path and paste routine which >> is something I do in Windows >> >> It will take me a while to figrue out relative paths. >> > Relative paths are not a mystery nor are they solely an aspect of linux. > They are in fact the norm in DOS and Windows as well as in Linux or > any other file system that use a "tree" structure. Since Windows > constrains you to a graphic interface, when using the file manager, you > see the default use of relative paths without recognizing the > behaviour. > > When opening or saving a file in Windows, the system will often offer > you the choice of 'save, or 'save as' and if you mistakenly use 'save' > from the wrong working directory, you may well have a files written > other than where you thought it was. This problem is so common that > Windows users tend to take it in stride and have developed habits that > limit the aggravation. You do not have those habits for Linux yet. > > Until you are more comfortable in Linux you might want to run RStudio > while using R. The learning curve of a new OS as well as > different details in simply using the computer interface is quite > challenging. > > JWDougherty > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ____________________________________________________________ FREE ONLINE PHOTOSHARING - Share your photos online with your friends and family! Visit http://www.inbox.com/photosharing to find out more! ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.